Artaud IV (Forez)

Artaud IV. († 1078/79) was a count of Lyon and Forez . He was a son of Count Gerald II and Adelaide, who was probably a daughter of Count Pons von Gévaudan .

Artaud was excommunicated in 1076 by Pope Gregory VII at the Council of Worms because of his increasing attacks against the Church of Lyon . The last time it appeared in a document was 1078, when it was donated to Cluny Abbey . He calls himself "Count of Forez" ( Artaldus, comes Forensis ), making him the first count of Lyon-Forez mentioned in a document. A deed of donation from his son to Savigny Abbey from 1079 commemorates him in memoria .

Artaud IV had two children with his wife Raimonde:

• William III. († 1097), Count of Lyon-Forez
• Ida-Raimonde (†?)
  • 1. ∞ with Count Rainald II of Nevers
  • 2. ∞ with Guigues Raimund von Albon ( House Albon )

literature

• A. Bernard: Histoire territoriale du Lyonnais , in: Recueil de mémoires et documents sur le Forez 2 (1875), p. 292
• A. Bernard and A. Bruel: Recueil des chartes de l'abbaye de Cluny 4 (1888), no.3529, p. 651
• A. Bernard: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Savigny (1885), no.757, p. 393

Web links

• Comtes de Forez et de Lyon at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.fmg (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerald II	Count of Lyon and Forez after 1046-1078 / 79	William III.